While in New York for the UN Meeting, September 20, 2016 Benjamin & Sara Netanyahu Went to Dinner - With 40 Guards

On Tuesday, Sept 20, 2016, the Prime Minister of Israel was in New York for the UN General Assembly. Quite a stir was caused at an upscale restaurant Harry Cipriani [seats about 100 people] at the Sherry-Netherland Hotel by the arrival of over-40-strong team of buff Israeli agents, known as Shin Bet. Diners watched as the agents swarmed the venue.Reportedly the security detail of 20 came an hour before Mr & Mrs Netanyahu arrived. They arrived just after 9 pm with appx 20 agents. Other agents were discreetly placed around the restaurant; they had a large security device in a black box.

A source reported that, “Benjamin and Sara sat together for dinner, but then he went to the bathroom.” [Guests are required to exit the restaurant through a side door into the hotel as the bathrooms are a few feet away downstairs.] “Around 20 security guards got up with Bibi and a few went into the bathroom with him. One watched the door, and the rest lined up with their arms up to form a human barricade, so nobody could enter the bathroom or even get close.”

There was also a massive ring of security positioned around the hotel. “In order to get to the restaurant, you had to walk around the block to a barricaded area, which was manned by security and attack dogs,” said the source, who added, “Guests were patted down and had to go through metal detectors. He must be the most protected man in the world right now.”